Thesis/ Monograph/ Undergraduate Clinical Clerkship report

Code:

MI607

Acronym:

DIS/MO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2014/2015 - SP

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3092
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Educação e Simulação Médica
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	283	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina 2007	6	-	7	168	189
		Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	6	-	7	168	189

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course - based on specific skills and / or acquired over the Integrated Master Medicine Course - aim to give the student specific skills to develop a research project in an interest area. 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the Course the student should be able to:

1. Search bibliography using information technology;

2. Collect, process and analyze data;

3. Develop the capacity of analysis and synthesis;

4. Develop critical thinking skills and creativity in addressing the issue;

5. Prepare a public presentation;

6. Develop public presentation skills;

7. Develop interpersonal skills with the Supervisor and Co-Supervisor.

Working method

À distância

Program

The student has to organize an individual work program, to be coordinated by the Supervisor with the support of the Co-Supervisor (optional). 

Training in complementary skills is done through a structured program of training sessions carried out during the academic year. The program comprises 5 training sessions, according to the needs identified to achieve the Discipline:
- Preparation of an original article;
- Preparation of a review article;
- Processing and data manipulation;
- Search Scientific Information; 
- Public presentations.

The Course also includes one pedagogic sessions in order to present the procedures and organization of the Discipline, realized at the beginning of the academic year.

Mandatory literature

Moreira, A; Haahtela, T; Como escrever um artigo científico - e vencer o jogo da ciência!, 2011. ISBN: Rev Port Pneumol
Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, et al. ; The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration, Annals of internal medicine 151:W-65-W-94., 2009
Vandenbroucke JP, Von Elm E, Altman DG, et al; Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): explanation and elaboration, PLoS medicine 4:e297, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching sessions with:
- Expository method;
- Practice in computer room;
- Practical exercises.

The documents required and procedures to achieve the Discipline are available online in the respective webpage of the Discipline (Moodle) in early September.

Students’ guidance is done through email and Moodle platform and in-personsupport on fixed schedule or whenever requested.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	35,00
Trabalho de campo	52,50
Trabalho escrito	12,50
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	0,00
Trabalho de investigação	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation considers the quality of a Dissertation/Monograph (52.5% of the final mark), the quality of presentation and the oral defense work (35.0% of the final mark) and the work publication in a scientific journal (1 2.5% of the final mark).

The assessment criteria can be consulted in the Assessment Grid I (“Grelha de Avaliação I”) and Assessment Grid II ("Grelha de Avaliaçaõ II) available on the Moodle platform at the Course page:

https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3092

Approval conditions:
The student must have obtained, at least, 50% of the classification assigned to the thesis and also in the public presentation

Calculation formula of final grade

The Course final mark will be:

52.5% TE+35.0%OP+12.5%WP, where:

TE - Thesis

OP - Oral Presentation

WP - Work Publication in a scientific journal

 

The student must obtain, at least, 50% of the assigned classification to the thesis and also 50% of the assigned classification to the public presentation for approval at Course

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

See the "Procedures Guide 2014/2015" ("Guia de Procedimentos 2014/2015") available on the Moodle platform at the Course page:

https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3092